Wbcom Essential v4.5.0 — Gutenberg V2 Rebuild
- Major: Gutenberg V2 rebuild — 32 production-grade blocks rebuilt from a shared infrastructure (7 shared components, 2 hooks, 3 utils, design tokens)
- Removed: 21 legacy blocks merged/replaced (heading, branding, site-logo, shape, slider, smart-menu, divider, social-icons, star-rating, icon-box, header-bar, mini-cart, dashboard-intro, forums, forums-activity, groups-lists, members-lists, dropdown-button, posts-revolution, post-slider, posts-carousel, counter, cta-box, accordion, advanced-tabs, countdown, post-timeline, testimonial, team-carousel, profile-completion)
- New: Quality standard derived from competitive audit (Kadence, Stackable, Spectra, Otter)
- New: Responsive 3-breakpoint controls on every block (Desktop/Tablet/Mobile)
- New: Per-side spacing, per-corner border-radius, box-shadow, device-visibility controls
- New: Scoped CSS isolation (
.wbe-block-{uniqueId}), BEM naming (.wbe-{block}__{element}) - New: Design tokens (
--wbe-*),prefers-reduced-motionsupport, ARIA + keyboard navigation - New: PHP infrastructure —
WBE_CSS(per-instance CSS),WBE_Schema(JSON-LD),WBE_Fonts(Google Fonts) - New: Auto block registration via
BlockRegistrar.phpscanningbuild/blocks/ - New: EDD-specific blocks (product-catalog, product-filter, edd-account-dashboard, edd-checkout-enhanced, edd-order-success)
- UX: 94-issue audit — 23 fixes shipped (XSS, flip-box touch/keyboard, focus-visible, EDD empty states, BP notices, accessibility)
- Fixed: 12 Basecamp bug cards — block styles, Swiper handle, EDD profile, product filter, BoxShadowControl
Full changelog: https://wbcomdesigns.com/changelog/wbcom-essential-v4-5-0/